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1. 07 02 21 201 007 02 06 01 157 05 30 701 va IT Title Artist Cat Time C x Insert Audition Pg Up Pg Dn fi Cancel Ending a Hard Disk Audio Item There are three ways to end the play of a Hard Disk Audio Item One way is to simply let it finish playing The second ways to stop it manually and the third way is to fade out of it To stop it manually simply click on the stop button of the player which the item is playing on To fade out of an item I would first set my fade adjustments to 5 if I were using a Pentium 133 To set the fade level click on the arrow to the left of level display of the player which is about to fade Then click on the fade button and the song should fade out according to the fade level set The level number set indicates how tight a fade is The lower the number the tighter the fade thus the higher the number the longer the fade example I want a tight fade out of a song I would set my fade level to 2 by clicking on the right arrow of the fade level adjuster HEM Then I would simply hit the fade button Fade Button mf fu fm 20 Clearing out a player To clear out a player will get the player back to ground zero If a song is playing or active the player controls will look like this First you must stop the song by hitting the left most button or the stop button Then the player controls will become like this A co E Al From this point to clear out the program simply click on the left m2. 1 08105 007 00 15 00 weVOICE TRACK 8108 Y T 8108 1 08108 00 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8111 VT 6111 1 08111 00 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8114 V T 8114 VOICE TRACK 8103 V T 8103 1 08103 00 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8106 Y T 8106 1 08106 00 00 15 00 eVOICE TRACK 8109 V T 8109 1 08109 00 00 15 00 weVOICE TRACK 8112 V T 6112 v 1 08112 0O0 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8115 V T 8115 h VOICE TRACK 811 V T 8113 1 08113 00 00 1 08114 00 00 15 00 V 1 08115 00 00 15 200 ARV tx Audition Pg Up Pg Dn fj Cancel Quick Pick Items Indexer Quick Pick Tool Bar What is it Players Status Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 32 The colors of the items in the player status displays denote the status of the item in the display The colors correspond to the status in the same manner as in the Playback Screen Green HE Ronee OM the item is loaded and ready Red et See the item is playing Yellow Freeroll the item is in pause White the item has already been initiated and stopped Quick Pick Items display the available items within the section selected from the Selection Section The Indexer helps you find available items quickly by jumping to the items which contain the corresponding first letter The Quick Pick Tool Bar helps you navigate through the quick pick screens by letting you choose to view the items either by title artist category or time It also includes an i
3. Make sure that DOS is installed and that the system is correctly booting off the first hard drive If DOS is not on the computer system then it must be installed To install DOS consult your MS DOS user s guide Step 2 Pristine Software Installation Place the first diskette labeled Pristine RapidFire into Drive A Then type in the following A RF SETUP Enter Then follow the on screen instructions to finish the installation After the files have been installed from the diskettes the autoexec bat must be edited to include the following statement CD RAPID CALL PLAY The following is an example of what a typical RapidFire autoexec bat should look like ECHO OFF PROMPT p g PATH C C DOS C LANTASTI C CTRL c RAPID SET TEMP C DOS LH C DOS SMARTDRV EXE 2048 X call C LANTASTISTARTNET BAT CD RAPID CALL PLAY The following is what a typical RapidFire config sys should look like DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE NOEMS DOS HIGH UMB FILES 60 BUFFERS 30 LASTDRIVE Z DEVICEHIGH C LANTASTI PROTMAN DOS I C LANTASTI DEVICEHIGH C LANTASTI EL90X DOS 10 The following is what a typical RapidFire play bat should look like C AUDIODRV SX25 U OR SX 34 DRIVER C MOUSE MSCMOUSE A4 1 C AUDIODRV SX25 B32 B32 B32 B32 OR SX 34 DRIVER RAPID C AUDIODRV SX25 U OR SX 34 DRIVER C MOUSE MSCMOUSE U The rapid ini file and settings AudioBaseAddressCardl 1 ilOAdd1 1 180 4 220 2
4. ristine Sustems The All In One Digital Broadcast System RAPIDFIRE Table of Contents Preface Technical Support I Hardware Configuration Recommended Computer Specifications Optimal Card Placement External Requirements Audio Connections Satellite Relay Connections II Software Installation DOS Setup Pristine Software Installation III User s Guide The Playback Screen The Selection Section The Players The Drop Box The Playlist Management Area The Quick Pick Screens E List or Emergency Playlist TimeWarp Execution EAS Emergency Alert System RapidFire Autobreaks amp Liners RapidFire Quick Keys RapidFire Time Update RapidFire Time Synchronization RapidFire Audio File Compatibility RapidFire Filler Files for missing playlist items RapidFire Time Announcements RapidFire Shrink Stretch Playback Feature N 13 13 14 16 22 24 32 36 37 38 40 41 41 41 42 43 44 45 Preface Thank you for selecting Pristine RapidFire as your digital studio system By listening to our thousands of users over the past decade Pristine has developed RapidFire the most powerful Digital Studio System in the industry While other companies come and go Pristine Systems commitment since 1988 to the entertainment and radio industry is proven by its growing list of hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide RapidFire continues Pristine s tradition of offering the best integrated music
5. A Inserting an event to the playlist To insert an event to the playlist simply click on insert then click on the event you wish to insert into the playlist and the screen will change to the playback screen Simply go to the location of the playlist you wish to 34 insert the event into and it will appear there 35 E List or Emergency Playlist What is it This E List or Emergency Playlist is a playlist that will play if a current hour or days playlist are not found The system automatically loads the E List s playlist How do I use it Simply copy a days playlist to the E List extension This will create an Emergency Playlist for those unexpected times of need Dos Commands that are necessary to create an E List copy jan17 0 e list 0 In the place of jan17 you would place the date of the playlist you wish to copy into the emergency playlist Helpful Hint Place unique station liners in the emergency playlist is that the station personnel would recognize that the correct playlist is not currently airing When the correct playlist is transferred to the On Air machine RapidFire will automatically switch to the proper playlist 36 TimeWarp Execution RapidFire is able to process TimeWarp logs that will allow you to record certain programs while on the air Simply process your TimeWarp dat file using the TimeWarp software and RapidFire will record your programmed events as scheduled Refer to Pristine Ti
6. LASH buttons which allow you to cycle through the hours accordingly 25 As you may have noticed the edit button LES has been replaced with an so that you may exit the extra hours editing mode How do I use it The Playlist Management Area helps you manage the playlist with status checking and playlist manipulation You may edit the hour that is currently playing or any other hour of the day All editing is done with simple point and click operation Bringing the active event the event set to play next in the current hour playlist to the top of the list After scrolling through the playlist often people lose their place and wonder what is going to play next With the home option the item which is going to play next will automatically be updated to the top of the Playlist Display example If I was scrolling up and down to see the upcoming items in the playlist and had lost my place I would simply click on the home icon and the Playlist Display area would automatically update the next item in the playlist to the top of the display Resetting the active event in the current playlist hour The reset command is the same as telling the playlist where to begin in the playlist To use the option simply click on the icon and then click on which song you would like to set as the next event The auto load command in each of the players would now be pointed to the new item selected by the reset m l example If I wanted to
7. SMN Westwood One that requires your stations local break sets to fit a specific length of time 1 e 2 00 2 30 3 00 The Shrink Stretch playback feature requires two things 1 Creating the Shrink Stretch Members in Music Plus 2 Scheduling the Shrink Stretch Members in a playlist Creating the Shrink Stretch Members M Create the Music Plus Member HD000 01 with the title gt gt gt Begin Set with a length of one second with no fade time and fade code of P PAUSE after this item M Create the Music Plus Member HD000 02 with the title gt gt gt End Set with a length of one second with no fade time and no fade code Files Criteria Rules Utilities Reports Programmer Exit MPO120 HDOOO 01 H Y gt gt gt Begin Set 0 gt gt gt Begin Set 0 0 0 P 1 1 1 0 Enter Source C CD D DAT H HDA R Relay lt Fi END gt lt F3 HISTORY gt lt F4 SAVE gt lt F6 PRINT HIST gt lt PgDn NEXT gt 45 Scheduling the Shrink Stretch Members The member HD000 01 should be scheduled prior to the first hard disk audio item of the break set and the member HD000 02 should be scheduled after the last hard disk audio item of the break set See the music format below as an example Files Criteria Rules Utilities Reports MM PLUS Music Format ID Music Format Name Active yon rer J 2 o 2 oO ara DISK TRK DESCRIPTION Save Exit Mute All Satellites Ch Name
8. Stroke and finally with Margaritaville finishing the three song set i Swapping two audio event within the current hour playlist If I wanted to switch the position of the two songs rather than just place one ahead of the other the swap XY XY icon 2 2 would be implemented rather than the movelM9 8 The swap simply replaces one item with the other The steps remain the same as the previous example except for the first step being that you must choose Xey XY the swap icon 8P rather than the move iconlM2 The result would list the songs as Danger Zone being first with The Stroke playing last in the set Simply click on the right button of the mouse to clear the function or click on the icon marked clean amp lear Deleting a audio event within the current hour playlist Del Sometimes audio events that are not desired to play enter the playlist this is why the delete functio Was Del created By using the delete icon unwanted playlist items can be removed painlessly example 29 If I wanted to remove Pristine Promo 4 from the playlist I would simply go to the delete el and click on it then go to Pristine Promo 4 in the playlist and click on that Then I would click on clear to stop myself from deleting any other items from the playlist by accident lick here first to enable he delete function A Xer O KX xr 8 4 Ins Move Edit Clear Swap hen click here to delete his item fro
9. mood of the jock at the time a playlist may be altered by moving events from one place in the XY playlist to another This can be achieved quick and easy with the move iconl ef Simply click on the move XY Move icon then click on the event you wish to move and then click on the location where you want to place the event The playlist will update immediately with your changes example If I wanted to move the song Danger Zone to be the first song in the three song lineup it was currently in I XY Move would use the move function I would first click on the move ico and then click on the song Danger 28 Zone and then click on the song The Stroke since I want to move Danger Zone ahead of this song Here is an illustrated example I would first click here to enable the move function ARK Sees Move Edit Clear Swap Del 13 16 Wait A Million Years 15 02 39 03 13 16 Pristine Promo 4 01 00 42 01 p 1947f1007 i O Xo Ins INext I would click here to hoose the song I would like to move Q 3 17 102 7 KIIS FM 00 00 04 00 fo Finally I would click here 13 17 The Stroke Squier Billy 057 03 37 201 P because this is the location 13 21 Margaritaville Buffet Jimmy 107 04 07 701 hat I would like the song to 13 25 Loggins Kenny 16 03 26 03 PO 13 28 Pristine Promo 2 01 00 47 01 The result of the move function should display Danger Zone first in the set followed by The
10. that the program has in memory Whenever you lose your bearings this icon is a safety feature to get you back to start If you click on the right mouse button it will activate the clear icon automatically XY is used to move items in the playlist to a new location in the playlist Simply click on the icon and then click on the item of the playlist you wish to move then click on the item in the playlist you want to place the moved item to Swap works in the same manner as the M except that the first item activated by the swap will switch places in the playlist with the second item activated Simply click on the icon then click on the items to be swapped one after another 2 will delete items from your playlist As a precaution hit the clear button when finished deleting playlist items to remove the command from program memory XO AG allows you to insert music spots promos psa s etc Click on the icon choose an option from The Selection Section find the appropriate item to insert and then click on the location of the playlist you wish to put it toggles between current hour and other hours editing modes Other hours editing mode the tool bar changes to the following display OL X pwr Hour p Move Exit Clear Swap Del Hour The buttons remain the same in functionality except for there is no home or reset home buttons They have been replaced with an hour advancer Hour and an hour decreaser
11. will pause an item in play Fade will initiate a manual fade on an active item in the player How can I use it Manually loading a player with a song from the playlist To manually load a player simply click on the of the designated player then click on an item in the playlist The item will then be placed in the player example If I wanted to play Total Eclipse of the Heart I would click on the of the player then the message Manual Load Mode rn vent From Playlist would appear inside the player window I would then click on the song title ae the playlist and it would appear in the window to replace the message Then I could simply hit play to play the item Automatically loading a song from the playlist To automatically load a song from the playlist simply click on the of the player The first item in the playlist que will be loaded example If I wanted to automatically load the first item in the playlist Sussudio by Phil Collins I would simply click on the and it would automatically be loaded into the player The next item to be automatically loaded would then be Total Eclipse of the Heart since it appears next in the playlist 18 Loading an item from the Quick Pick Screens Spots Music of Efx Ja Q Liners The eS Ee Sa Jingles and icons will bring you into The Quick Pick Screens when activated Each button will activate the corresponding Quick Pick Screen according to their head
12. 280 5 300 3 380 6 320 AudioInterruptCard1 3 ilnterl 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 AudioBaseAddressCard2 2 ilOAdd2 1 180 4 220 2 280 5 300 3 380 6 320 AudioInterruptCard2 5 ilnter2 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 AudioBaseAddressCard3 0 iIOAdd3 0 No Card 1 180 4 220 2 280 5 300 3 380 6 320 AudioInterruptCard3 0 ilnter3 0 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 AudioSampleRate 1 iSRI 1 48000 2 44100 3 32000 AudioFormat 1 iTWFormat 1 MPEG 2 DOLBY AC2 AudioChannels 2 iNoChannels 1 MONO 2 STEREO AutoBreakMinutesDefault 59 iABreaksMM AutoBreakSecondsDefault 00 iABreaksSS AutoBreakTypeDefault A cABreaksTp A GO END 11 B GO TOP NO FADE C GO TOP WITH FADE AutoStartMode 1 iAutoStartMode 0 LIVE MODE 1 AUTO MODE MetrabyteBaseAddress 3 iMetraPort 0 NO CARD 1 310 2 320 3 330 MetrabyteCardType 0 iMetraCard 0 NO CARD 1 PIO 24 2 PIO 96 MetrabyteSignalDuration 3 iMetraSigD 0 10 Satellite Liners123 0 iSLiners123 0 OFF 1 ON Satellite Liners456 0 iSLiners456 0 OFF 1 ON TimeWarpActive 0 iTWActive 0 OFF VolumeOutputDefaultPlayer 10 VolumelnputDefaultPlayer1 10 VolumeFadeDefaultPlayerl 6 VolumeOutputDefaultPlayer2 10 VolumelnputDefaultPlayer2 10 VolumeFadeDefaultPlayer2 6 VolumeOutputDefaultPlayer3 10 VolumelnputDefaultPlayer3 10 VolumeFadeDefaultPlayer3 6 VolumeOutputDefaultPlayer4 10 VolumelnputDefaultPlayer4 10 VolumeFadeDefaultPlayer4 6 SyncTimeToExternalSo
13. Box with new changes 15 The Players What is it The players are arranged and will be referred to in this documentation in the following order Player 1 Player 2 CES E 000 40 OOO 03 17 Player 3 Player 4 Each player represents an individual virtual cart machine which can be loaded and played just like a physical cart machine Display Area Audio Level Meters ne 00 00 Player Controls Item Info Level Controls Display Area shows the current item loaded into the player and its status Status of the item is displayed in the color of the item If the item is Green HR Srl the item is loaded and ready Yellow a the item is in pause Talking In Your Sleep White Meles the item has already been initiated and stopped 16 Audio Level Meters displays the audio level in db s of an item while playing The blue represents audio levels below 0 the yellow represents safe audio levels below 0 and red represents an overload level Item Info displays the intro time actual time remaining and fade time of the item The intro time will count down to 0 so the jock will know where the intro post is The true time of the audio file will appear when the event is loaded It will count down to zero for the time remaining note at 30 seconds left it will turn RED The fade time will count down to zero In Auto Mode it will start the next event at the fade time of the current event Level Contro
14. Un Mute Satellite Network Ch Status gt gt gt End Set Print gt gt gt Begin Set Save Mute All Satellites Copy To Un Mute Satellite Network Copy From gt gt gt End Set Switch To gt gt gt Begin Set Insert Mute All Satellites Delete Un Mute Satellite Network Edit gt gt gt End Set Bell 6010 01 6011 01 HDO00 02 HDOOO 01 6010 01 6011 01 HDO00 02 HDOOB 01 G010 01 G011 01 HDO00 02 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 R 1 zZ Z Z Z Z ZZZ ZZZ HATET JG EG GE dl 3232222222222 Use tl Arrow Keys Or Function Keys To Make Selections NOTES Be sure the RAPID INI on your playback computer has been updated with the proper hard disk audio format and sample rate ex MPEG 48000 The Shrink Stretch function can only accommodate a 3 variation from the original sample rate For example to exact fit a 3 minute break set the total time of original audio files must be between 2 55 and 3 05 This RapidFire utility is only compatible with audio cards that can handle a sample rate up to 48k i e SX 7 SX 9 SX 20 SX 23 and NOT with audio cards that have a 32k sample rate limit i e SX 34 SX 35 SX 36 46
15. act closures from Pins 31 33 of the STA U Blue Box Instructions on how to wire the connection were stated in the setup section of this manual RapidFire Drop Box Editor The RapidFire Drop Box editor allows you to set up jock profiles along with the necessary drops to make their shows sound great Refer to RapidFire Drop Box Editor Manual 40 RapidFire Quick Keys Esc Toggles between Live veal tM and Auto Mode aure F1 Play button for Player 1 F2 Play button for Player 2 F3 Play button for Player 3 F4 Play button for Player 4 F10 Exit RapidFire RapidFire Time Update You can now update the clock within RapidFire to keep your clock in sync with real time to implement this option simply click on the Options Icon in the Selection Section and adjust the clock using the arrows above and below the time display RapidFire Satellite Time Synchronization What is it RapidFire will keep your clock in sync with a satellite s clock if your satellite signal provides tones How do I use it A contact closure must be established between Pin 18 and Pin 34 on the STA U see hardware section page 9 from either a tone decoder or intelligent satellite receiver The rapid ini file in the rapid directory must also be configured for time synching to occur properly The last three lines of the file deal with time synching options The first line could have a setting of wither 1 or O 1 being active and 0 being inactive Th
16. an item directly into a player from the quick pick screen simply go to the top right corner of the screen and choose the load function on the player you wish to load with an item Then simply click on the item you wish to load and it should appear in the player status area example lick here first to select the load e EEEE 4 46 32 PM YOICE TRACK 8101 YOICE TRACK 8102 wY OICE TRACK 8103 V T 8101 Y T 8102 Y T 8103 1 08101 00 00 15 00 1 08102 1 08103 00 00 15 200 00 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8104 V T 8104 1 08104 VOICE TRACK 8105 VOICE TRACK 8106 V T 8105 Y T 8106 1 08105 1 08106 00 00 15 00 00 00 15 200 00 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8107 VOICE TRACK 8108 wry ICE cn ci ket V T 8107 V T 8108 V T 8109 SRC TEE Ae p v 1 08107 00 00 15 00 v 1 08108 00 00 157 00 1 08109 00 00 15 lect this item to load in the player you have VOICE TRACK 8110 V T 8110 1 08110 VOICE TRACK 8111 V T 8111 1 08111 VOICE TRACK 6112 V T 8112 00 00 15 200 00 00 15 00 v 1 08112 00 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8113 V T 8113 1 08113 weVOICE TRACK 8114 V T 8114 1 08114 VOICE TRACK 6115 VT 8115 1 08115 00 00 15 00 00 00 15 00 007 00 15 00 Ape FA Insert Audition Pa Up h Pg Dn Title Artist Cat
17. de Audio Connections ADAPTER INSTALLATION Make sure the main power to your computer is OFF You will need a full size 16 bit AT slot If you are unfamiliar with the internal design of your computer see its Guide to Operations manual for step by step installation procedures Read JUMPER SETTINGS and CONNECTIONS for information about configuring the adapter before plugging it into the slot JUMPER SETTINGS The Antex SX series audio adapters have several hardware jumpers which are used for multiple board operation Refer to the Antex User s Manual for your particular Audio Card for the proper jumper settings NOTE On the SX 7 jumper JP2 serves as the adapter selection jumper Adapter I is at the top with adapter 4 at the bottom OO PLACE JUMPER HERE IF YOU HAVE ONLY ONE ADAPTER RON oo Ooo OoOo Connections SX 7 There are four external connectors located on the SX 7 audio board s metal mounting bracket See Figure 4 There is also one three pin header JP1 for an optional user supplied headphone connection which would allow for a front panel headphone jack LEFT 1 RIGHT GND JP1 DB 9 Balanced Out I Headphones C Unbalanced Right 1 Unbalanced Left Balanced Analog I O Connector 54321 6 fn 7 DB 9 Right Out Female 8 RightOut o ete ours 98 7 6 Figure 4 SX 7 Connector Locations Audio Output Line Unbalanced RCA jacks 2VRMS 6dBV max digital clipping
18. e next option provides for the minutes that the closure will sync to and the last option provides for the seconds element of the time sync For example if you wanted to time sync at the top of every hour the value for the first line of the three would be I and the last two items would be 0 41 RapidFire Audio File Compatibility Antex Header Format SPC RapidFire will play antex header audio files These hard disk audio events are the recommended files for the RapidFire Digital Studio System Wave Header Format WAV RapidFire will play windows wav files An important note is to be sure that Music Plus database times for these hard disk audio items are correct RapidFire will reference fade times according to the database times given so make sure that the database run times are accurate 42 RapidFire Filler Files for missing playlist items Using the RapidFire Filler files for missing playlist items is as simple as recording the proper audio file number according to the following table Audio File Number Play List Item s Run Time SP99801 SPC less than 5 seconds SP99802 SPC less than 10 seconds SP99803 SPC less than 20 seconds SP99804 SPC less than 35 seconds SP99805 SPC less than 50 seconds SP99806 SPC less than 65 seconds SP99807 SPC less than 95 seconds SP99808 SPC less than 125 seconds SP99809 SPC less than 155 seconds Some examples PlayList Item that s Missing Filler File that will play 4 second lin
19. er SP99801 SPC 7 second legal ID SP99802 SPC 30 second spot SP99804 SPC 60 second spot SP99806 SPC RapidFire Time Announcements Using the RapidFire Time Announcements requires two things 1 Scheduling the Time Announcement 2 Recording the Proper Audio File Number s Scheduling Create the Music Plus Member HD999 90 with a length of 5 seconds Schedule it in a music or break format so that it will appear in your playlist Recording The 70000 series of audio file numbers has been reserved for time announce files The audio file numbering scheme is as follows SP7HHMM SPC where HH is the hour in military time 00 23 and MM is the minute 00 59 TIP It s a good idea to record time announce files 3 minutes around the time that you expect them to be scheduled For example if I schedule a time announcement at 2 30 p m I probably should record the audio files numbers SP71427 SPC through SP71433 SPC this covers me for a 3 minute time window Some examples PlayList Time Time File that will play 1 30 a m SP70130 SPC 5 15 a m SP70515 SPC 11 30 a m SP71130 SPC 2 30 p m SP71430 SPC 9 45 p m SP72145 SPC NOTE If the audio file for a time announcement does not exist the system will play SP99990 SPC 44 RapidFire Shrink Stretch Playback Feature The RapidFire Shrink Stretch Feature is designed for stations that are receiving their programming via a satellite delivery service i e ABC Jones
20. ernal drives depending on size of library this number varies 2MB per stereo minute storage 1 44MB floppy drive Trackball or Mouse 1 Dual Device 32k or 48k Professional Digital Audio Playback Card 1 Dual Device 32k or 48k Professional Digital Audio Production Card For Hard Disk and Satellite Same configuration as above plus the following 1 Metrabyte I O Card 1 STA U I O Box 1 ERB Relay Board 1 Stereo Switcher Optimal Card Placement inside computer For 2 Audio Card Setup ISA Slot 1 Audio Card 1 Recording Playback Card ISA Slot 2 Audio Card 2 Playback Only Card ISA Slot 3 Metrabyte Card only for satellite systems PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 SCSI Controller Card only when using SCSI drives PCI Slot 2 Network Card PCI Slot 1 VGA Display Adapter Card or AGP slot For 3 Audio Card Setup ISA Slot 1 Audio Card 1 Recording Playback Card ISA Slot 2 Audio Card 2 Playback Card ISA Slot 3 Audio Card 3 Playback Card ISA Slot 4 Metrabyte Card only for satellite systems PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 SCSI Controller Card only when using SCSI drives PCI Slot 2 Network Card PCI Slot 1 VGA Display Adapter Card or AGP slot External Requirements 1 RapidFire Dongle must be attached to LPT1 port or the printer port of the on air computer 2 Mouse Trackball or Touchscreen Interface must be connected to COM1 3 General I O input output devices such as monitor and keyboard and SCSI Drive connections should also be ma
21. g I O Connector 54321 Pin DB 9 Female Right In Right Out ee 5 Left Out PR 6 fRightn Sole Left in Hetes sas Left In 8 fRightOut est Bight Qut 9 fteftOut REG Asr ut ELEN Left Qut Left ut Balanced Analog Header Heg 7 am fe oom D Rimou 10 Ground Pin Assignmemt 7 pin Mini DIN Female In AES EBU OMG In S PDIF O operation and left floating for S PDIF 7 AES SPDIF sense This line should be connected to Ground for AES EBU Figure 7 SX 23e Balanced and Digital Connectors NOTE We recommend using the balanced Analog I O for professional broadcast applications Satellite Relay Connections Pre made Metrabyte shielded cables should connect from the back of a Metrabyte PIO 12 24 card which is inside the computer to the STA U Blue Box and then from the STA U to the Relay Board Then the wiring should go as follows The STA U acts as an input output interface The following Pin Assignments are used by RapidFire A contact closure from Pin 18 to the Pins listed below will result in the function described next to the Pin Pin Function 18 5 Volts 30 AUTO Mode 31 Liner 1 32 Liner 2 33 Liner 3 34 Time Sync refer to the rapid ini 35 LIVE Mode 36 Relay Recording Notification TimeWarp 37 EAS refer to page 38 in this manual 32 33 Liner 4 31 33 Liner 5 31 32 Liner 6 II Software Installation Step 1 DOS Setup
22. go to the sixth event on the playlist rather than start playing it from the top I would click on the reset home icon and then click on to the sixth event The item is now designated as the first event to play 26 next in Auto Load or Auto Mode To double check just click on the home icon and the sixth event should be highlighted in blue and at the top of the playlist display Inserting a audio event in current hour playlist XO Ao In order to add new events to the playlist while on the air they must be inserted using the insert icon xe XO AG First you must click on the icon L S then you must decide what it is you would like to add The choices for Spots addition are found on the Selection Section Area From the Selection Section you can choose either Music SIE AEN LS Promos Effects PSA Jingles and icons From there they will bring you into The Quick Pick Screens when activated Each button will activate the corresponding Quick Pick Screen according to their headings When in the appropriate Quick Pick Screen you may choose an event to be inserted After a choice has been made simply click on Insert again at the bottom of the screen and then place the event in the playlist To place the even in the playlist click on the event already in the playlist that you wish to place the new event ahead of Liners example Oo Ao If I wanted to add Toto by Africa to my current hour playlist I wo
23. he two should be connected to Pin 37 Default Setup has Decoder Active set to EAS Alert so you would only have to program one of the other relays These relays contain a 5 volts Manual Override should be connected to Relay 23 on the ERB 24 Relay Board Note A 5 volt needs to be connected to the manual override relay and then back to any ground through Relay 23 on the ERB 24 to complete the loop 39 RapidFire Autobreaks amp Liners Using the RapidFire Autobreaks and Liners Utility setting up these formats is simple End of Hour AutoBreak Options GO END finishes playing current event and begins next hour GO OUT cuts current event and begins next hour GO TOP fades out current event and begins next hour Time Critical Options GO TO finishes current event and goes to marker RapidFire Reference MusicPlus ID Marker 1st event HD99901 2nd event HD99902 3rd event HD99903 Ath event HD99904 GO CUT fades out current event and goes to next marker RapidFire Reference MusicPlus ID Marker 1st event HD99905 2nd event HD99906 3rd event HD99907 Ath event HD99908 GO FDE fades out current event and crossfades with next marker RapidFire Reference MusicPlus ID Marker 1st event HD99909 2nd event HD99910 3rd event HD99911 Ath event HD99912 RapidFire gives you the option to launch 6 different liner jingle formats RapidFire liners are played through Player 4 of the virtual players Liners are launched through cont
24. ings Once in a quick pick screen simply click on the load control of the player you wish to load the item into then click on the item you wish to load and it should appear in the player display example If I wanted to load a player with the song then I would fist click on the music icon in the selection section Then click on the load of the player and the song should be loaded lick on here to bring up he music listings This button brings you to the IMusic Quick Pick 19 Rapidrire a eee EE ee E E EE lick first to put don t Fear The Reaper i Can t Get No Satisfa i Know I m Losing You he player in load Blue Oyster Cult Rolling Stones Stewart Rod Py B 1 05334 13 04 02 203 4 1 05073 14 03 33 03 B 1 05109 40 05 19 01 96 Tears amp The Mysterians B 1 05165 10 02 55 03 19th Nervous Breakdown Rolling Stones B 1 05137 05 03 51 03 Well Respected Man Kinks B 1 05540 027 02 39 01 A Whiter Shade Of Pale Addicted To Love Procol Harum Palmer Robert B 1 05199 B 1 05345 24 03 50 03 28 03 56 03 4 1 05545 31 04 49 03 After Midnight Against The Wind All Along The Watchtower Clapton Eric Seger amp the Bob Hendrix Jimi B 1 05175 12 03 01 203 B 1 05487 10 05 19 203 B 1 05384 18 03 53 203 All Day And All Of The N All My Loving All Right Now Kinks Beatles Free B 1 05170 B 1 05041 B 1 05166
25. l AES EBU EIAJ CP 340 Type I IEC 958 Pro or Consumer S PDIF EIAJ CP 340 Type II IEC 958 Consumer NOTE We recommend using the balanced Analog I O for professional broadcast applications SX 23e There are 7 external connectors on the SX 23e See Figure 6 Audio Input Line Balanced Nine pin D connector 0 to 26dBu digital clipping software selectable with 1dBu resolution with an impedance of 20k ohms Unbalanced 1 8 stereo mini jack 2VRMS 6dBV max digital clipping with an impedance of 20k ohms and a load impedance of 10k ohms AES EBU Digital 7 pin Mini DIN jack Professional AES EBU EIAJ CP 340 Type I IEC 958 Pro or Consumer S PDIF EIAJ CP 340 Type II IEC 958 Consumer Audio Output Line Balanced Nine pin D connector 0 to 26dBu digital clipping software selectable with an impedance of 50 ohms and a load impedance of 600 ohms or greater Unbalanced 1 8 stereo mini jack 2VRMS 6dBV max digital clipping with an impedance of 470 ohms and a load impedance of 10k ohms Headphone 1 4 stereo phone jack 0 5 VRMS into 600 ohms or greater AES EBU Digital 7 pin Mini DIN jack Professional AES EBU EIAJ CP 340 Type I IEC 958 Pro or Consumer S PDIF EIAJ CP 340 Type II IEC 958 Consumer Adapter jumper block Balanced Analog Header Balanced I O Unbalanced In Unbalanced Out Headphones _ Digital AES EBU I O Digital Header Figure 6 SX 23e Connector Locations Balanced Analo
26. ls allow you to control output input and fade levels The levels range from 0 10 with 0 designating no level input or output With relation to fade level 0 sets the manual fade to none or sudden fade out whereas 10 represents the maximum fade out time The levels are changed by clicking on the arrows KE to the left and right of the level display The right arrow lowers the level and the right arrow raises the level Player Controls Each player has two different modes of action Ready Mode and Play Mode Ready Mode The buttons on the virtual cart machine work as follows in ready mode Ant Eject Play Load Auto Load Clear removes anything loaded and resets the player Play plays the item loaded in the player and brings the player into Play Mode Load allows you to manually load an item from the playlist section Simply click on and the player will i Manual Load MI f display IEEE VE then go to the playlist section and click on the item you want to load into the player Auto Load will automatically load the next item in the playlist Continuously hitting this button will cycle sequentially through the items in the playlist 17 Play Mode The buttons on the virtual cart machine work as follows in play mode on Stop Play Pause Fade Stop will stop the item currently active in the player and go back into Ready Mode Play will resume play of an item in pause Pause
27. m the playlist Editing the other hours of the day In editing other hours of the day you would use the same functions as stated above except for the reset home and home functions The only difference is that you would be editing hours that have not played yet To begin editing these hours simply click on the edit el When the edit icon is activated the Playlist Display will automatically bring up the next hour in the playlist and a slightly modified the tool bar which looks like the following Ol per Ki pwr Hour Ins Move Exit Clear Swap Del Hour The buttons remain the same in functionality except for there is no home or reset home buttons They have been replaced with an hour advancer and an hour decreaser buttons which allow you to cycle through the hours accordingly As you may have noticed the edit button has been replaced with an 30 so that you may exit the extra hours editing mode Otherwise all other editing functions still remain the same as described prior to this section 31 The Quick Pick Screens Time Display Players Status Players Controls See poe em du VOICE TRACK 8101 V T 8101 1 08101 00 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8104 V T 8104 1 08104 00 00 15 00 YOICE TRACK 8107 V T 8107 V 1 08107 00 00 15 00 YOICE TRACK 8110 V T 8110 1 08110 00 00 15 00 A VOICE TRACK 8102 V T 8102 1 08102 007 00 15 00 VOICE TRACK 8105 V T 8105
28. meWarp manual on detailed instructions on how to define and schedule events for timeshift recordings through RapidFire TimeWarp recording within RapidFire Player 4 is used as a recording device within RapidFire Events are recorded into the C SPC directory of the on air machine RapidFire converts a four digit SP from TimeWarp into a Five digit SP9 by adding a leading 9 TimeWarp records either using time definitions or tone notification Time definitions are defined through TimeWarp and cause RapidFire to record events based on time Tone notification causes RapidFire to wait for a contact closure to Pin 36 on the STA U Blue Box to start recording an event it also relies on a contact closure to Pin 36 again to stop the recording of the event Wiring the Satellite connections should be made according to the setup of RapidFire earlier noted in this documentation 37 EAS Emergency Alert System What is it The FCC has required that all stations must include EAS devices in the event that the government needs to make public announcements RapidFire is programmed to handle and interact with Burk Technology s EAS Device through the existing satellite hardware PIO 12 STA U ERB 24 The system works in the following manner When the EAS device receives a signal it will automatically record the message Then it will alert RapidFire that the device has a message to play RapidFire will let current event finish playing then signal
29. nsert function and the ability to control live and auto modes of playback as found in the selection section The Player Controls is one of the most unique options that RapidFire has to offer Total control over all four players are still maintained within the quick pick screens From these controls within the quick pick screens you are able to stop load play or auto load an item into any of the four players The stop command simply stops the player from playing an item currently in progress The load command loads an item off of the quick pick screen that you choose The play simply plays the currently loaded item in the playlist The auto load command will automatically load the next designated item in the playlist for the day from the Play Back Screen How do I use it Searching for events To search for a desired event simply use the page up and page down icons to scroll through the items until the desired event is seen on the screen example If I wanted to find an event that was not currently on the initial screen I would use the page down icon and simply scroll down the pages until the item I wanted appeared Finding items quicker with the Indexer 33 With the same scenario in mind as above instead of paging down with the page down icon I would simply select the letter that my event begins with and the pages would automatically update to the one that begins with the letter I have selected Loading a player directly To load
30. ost button again and this should clear out the player example I want to clear out an event that is playing currently I would first click on the button shown here on the particular player Ooo fm his is the Stop utton Click here o stop song Then the player control buttons should change to and I would simply click on the left most button his is the clear or eject button Click here to clear song 21 The Drop Box Drop Group Selection Player Selection Crowd Crowd Sports Cheer Boo s Drop Opener Weather Weather Image K RFDROP Opener os Liner 4 8 Closer YOUNG YOUNG 105 DROP 105 DROP 105 DROP CTRY 1 8 CTRY 2 8 1 4 2 8 3 11 Drop Buttons What is it The Drop Box is basically an instant play tool It holds 90 drops per jock for 12 jocks Any type of hard disk audio may be stored in the Drop Box from songs and intros to sound effects and even commercials The Drop Box is an easy and fun to use tool for the live jock that needs instant playing power Drop Buttons activate a button and the drop listed will play instantly If more than one drop is activated they will play in the order that the drop was selected Drop Group Selection changes the available drops currently on the screen Continuous hitting of the button will cause the buttons to cycle through 5 different groups of drops Groups A E Player Selection changes the drop playing arrangement to incorporate two players or one
31. player default By allowing two players to be active two drops can be made to overlap each other with sequential drops to be played after them with the first available player How do I use it Playing One Drop Make sure that the player selection area displays P4 This means that only one drop player is activated Simply activate any of the Drop Buttons to instantly play the drop listed example If I wanted to play Laser EFX then I would click on the box and it would play 22 Playing Multiple Drops One After Another First the player selection area must display P4 as stated above this setting allows for only one player to be allotted for drop playing If more than one drop is then selected the drops will play in the order that they were selected in example If I wanted Laser EFX to play first followed by a Bomb Blast then I would simply click on the Laser EFX box and then click on the box labeled Bomb Blast what would happen is that the Laser EFX will play instantly followed by the Bomb Blast Overlapping Multiple Drops However if P3 amp P4 were displayed in the Player Selection area then multiple drops would play simultaneously example If I wanted to play a Sports Opener with Laser EFX at the same time I would click on the Player Selection Area to display P3 amp P4 Then I would click on the box labeled Sports Opener and then Click on the Laser EFX box when I wanted the effect to play Editing the content
32. s of the Drop Boxes Refer to Rapid Drop Box Editor Walkthrough when editing Drop Box Items 23 The Playlist Management Area Reset Home Editing Tool Bar Home JE eee Ins Move Clear ne werarmonvees oresences Treozses fr i317 the svoxe Saux guy fomessr 1321 fmarsemavfe purer simmny 0 0407 00s 925 enaer2jhe Lovone tom resco 1326 rrstine romo rene food fv Playlist Display Scroller Info Display What is it Info Display displays current time and date With future enhancements it will display temperature and other various pertinent information Playlist Display displays the playlist as follows time scheduled to play Intro time Fade time van 287 03 Title Artist Actual time Scroller The arrows at the top and bottom of the scroller let you advance one item up or down on the playlist 5 a R while the IP I area will allow you to advance a whole page up and the farea will allow you to advance a whole page down Home brings the item next up to the top of the Playlist Display Reset Home designates what is next up on the play list Click on and then click on the item in the playlist that you want to play next Ce 24 Editing Tool Bar has two different modes Current Hour and Extra Hours In the Current Hour mode the tool bar is as seen above The buttons are as follows Clear is used to get to ground zero The button clears any commands
33. scheduling production and on air systems in the industry So blow away your competition with the exiting new Pristine RapidFire About this manual This manual is divided into three main sections I Hardware Configuration This section of the manual explains hardware configurations and setup information necessary for your system to perform optimally IL Software Installation This section of the manual will walk you through installing your RapidFire software III User s Guide This section of the manual will familiarize you with the many rich functions of RapidFire Technical Support Our friendly knowledgeable technical support representatives are always glad to help out with any difficulties you may be having with the system Technical support can be reached in a variety of ways 1 Fax 310 670 0133 To obtain technical support via Fax an INFO PRT which is explained in the following paragraph should be faxed with a detailed description of the problem encountered The Fax should also include how to reach you by voice e mail and fax An INFO PRT is a print out of your system s settings and memory that will help our technical support representatives in trouble shooting any problems To generate an INFO PRT simply go to the computer you are having difficulties with get to a DOS prompt that resembles the following C MUSICMGR gt or C MUSICPLSs gt Then get a formatted diskette and place it into the A Drive Once
34. the diskette is secured type the following command at the prompt INFO CPY Follow the on screen instructions and an INFO PRT should be generated and faxed to us at the above number 2 E mail tech pristinesys com Pristine Systems technical support over the internet via E mail is one of the fastest technical support resources at Pristine The reason that technical support via E mail is quicker than any other service is that it provides the use of file attachments over the internet thus facilitating the sending and receiving of program and database files Simply write an E mail detailing the problem you are experiencing attach a psi zip of your databases and send it to the above E mail address An E mail will then be reviewed by one of our resourceful technical support representatives and a solution will be promptly E mailed back to you 3 Phone Direct 310 670 7500 When calling direct to Pristine Systems make note of any changes that had occurred prior to the problem Make notes as to the specific error encountered Technical representatives are available Monday thru Friday from 8 00am 5 30pm Pacific Time Zone 24 Hour Voice Mail is checked periodically I Hardware Configuration Recommended Computer Specifications For Hard Disk only Systems Pentium II 300 or better 8 Slot Motherboard 3 ISA 4 PCI 1 AGP Minimum 32MB of RAM MS DOS 6 22 17 SVGA Color Monitor 2 0 GB or larger internal hard disk drive and or ext
35. to play a pre recorded opener then it will play the device s message then play a pre recorded closer and finally resume the current playlist How do I use it To begin implementation of the system make sure all hardware connections are made Pin 37 of the STA U should be used as the contact closer to alert RapidFire that the EAS device has a message to play Relay 23 on the ERB 24 is the relay output that should be connected to the EAS device to actually play the message To pre record the opener and closer for an EAS broadcast simply record two hard disk audio events labeled as SP99998 SPC as the opener and SP99999 SPC as the closer 38 Sage ENDEC Front View hcoming Alert Sage EAS April 10 8 20 AM The O moman NWSin Las Vegas has issued Flood Watch for O gas Clark County for O pues y com Port eae Rear View Sage Alerting Systems Inc Main Qudb Cui Attention Ache Attention Acive Speake Out Encoder Achye Speake LineOur Encoder AcIve Maral Over low Decoder AcIye Encoder Adio In Decoder Acive How Options interface The Sage features three programmable relays 1 Attention Active 2 Encoder Active 3 Decoder Active The Sage Endec Connections to the Metrabyte Setup are as follows Decoder Active amp Attention Active or Encoder Active should be connected to Pin 37 on the STA U Blue Box Note Depending on which ones are programmed for EAS Alert and End of Message tones t
36. uld select the insert icon Ins Then I Music would select the Music Quick Pick icon SI Then I would do the following 27 RapidFire EMEN EE mA inii es E E Er Lr ee 000 St Play LOS Auto VEE __ Sto Pray Lod at don t Fear The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult B 1 05334 13 04 02 03 19th Nervous Breakdown Rolling Stones B 1 05137 05 03 51 03 A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum B 1 05199 28 03 56 03 After Midnight Clapton Eric B 1 05175 12 03 01 203 All Day And All Of The N Kinks i Can t Get No Satista Rolling Stones 4 1 05073 14 03 33 03 96 Tears amp The Mysterians B 1 05165 10 02 55 03 Addicted To Love Palmer Robert B 1 05345 24 03 50 03 Against The Wind Seger amp the Bob B 1 05487 10 05 19 03 All My Loving Beatles i Know I m Losing You Stewart Rod B 1 05109 40 05 19 01 Well Respected Man Kinks B 1 05540 02 02 39 01 Africa Toto 4 1 05545 31 04 49 03 All Along The Watchtower Hendrix Jimi B 1 05384 18 03 53 203 All Right Now Free lick here to hoose this item B 1 05170 072 02 21 201 B 1 05041 00 02 06 01 B 1 05166 15 05 30 01 Ape FAT EX Inse Audition Pg Up Pg Dn f Cancel Title Artist Cat Time hen click here to insert the event into the playlist Then I would finally choose a place in the playlist to add the event and simply click on the area Moving a audio event within the current hour playlist Depending on the
37. urce 0 SyncTimeMinutes 0 SyncTimeSeconds 0 DaylightSavingsOption 0 DaylightSpringMonth 4 DaylightSpringDay 4 DaylightFallMonth 10 DaylightFallDay 31 1 ON iVolOutput 0 0 10 iVolInput 0 0 10 iFadeStep 0 0 10 iVolOutput 1 0 10 iVollnput 1 0 10 iFadeStep 1 0 10 iVolOutput 2 0 10 iVollnput 2 0 10 iFadeStep 2 0 10 iVolOutput 3 0 10 iVollnput 3 0 10 iFadeStep 3 0 10 iON 1 OFF 0 iSyncTimeMinutes 0 59 iSyncTimeSeconds 0 59 iON 1 OFF 0 12 III User s Guide The Playback Screen The Playback Screen is divided into four color coded sections The Players Green The Drop Box Yellow The Selection Section Blue and The Playlist Management Area Purple The Players The Playlist Management Area al Vy Ta 00 00 Ve Ocal Ory 17 04 Collins Phil 19 04 15 03 17 14 Hit Me With Your Best Sh Benatar Pat 17 17 Everybody Wants To Rule Tears For Fears Laser Bomb K RF Sports EFX Blast Drop Opener j 3007 sled YOUNG YOUNG CARTNS 105 DROP 05 DROP 105 DROP CTRY 1 8 CTRY 2 8 DROP 8 1 4 E2 B 3 11 The Selection Section The Drop Box 13 The Selection Section What is it uve Designates live mode When activated the button will switch to aure designating auto mode or walk away mode In live mode the Jock is responsible for cueing up and playing items manually within the virtual player environment when in walk a
38. way mode the computer is responsible for playing the playlist as scheduled You can also think of the Live as Pause Mode since the system will stop playing after the current event stops This is an ideal way for a jock to do live reads The jock simply start the system back up when he changes the mode back to Auto Mode and the system starts to play again Spots Music of Efx J Q cree The ee eee MESADI Mingiesi and icons will bring you into The Quick Pick Screens when activated Each button will activate the corresponding Quick Pick Screen according to their headings The icon allows for additional function icons The Login icon allows you to update any information found in the Drop Box How do I use it To get into Live Mode or Pause Mode 14 The program starts out in the default as Live Mode uve When the mode has been changed to Auto Mode and you want to change it back to Live Mode uve simply click on the icon once so that it displays To get into Auto Mode Since the program starts out in the default as Live Mode uve to change it to Auto Mode aure simply click on the icon uve to change to Auto Mode aure To update Drop Box Data From time to time new drops are created and need to be implemented to add flair to a jock s program In order to keep up to date with new drops that have been created in the Drops Data section simply click on the Login Icon to refresh the Drop
39. with an impedance of 470 ohms and a load impedance of gt 10 k ohms Balanced Nine pin D connector 16 dBm maximum with an impedance of 47 ohms and a load impedance of 600 ohms Headphone 1 4 Stereo Phone Jack 0 5 VRMS into eight ohms NOTE We recommend using the balanced Analog I O for professional broadcast applications SX 9 There are 5 connectors located on the SX 9 audio board s metal mounting bracket See Figure 5 Audio Output Line Balanced Nine pin D connector 0 to 26dBu digital clipping software selectable with 1dBu resolution with an impedance of 50 ohms and a load impedance of 600 ohms Unbalanced 1 8 stereo mini jack 2VRMS 6dBV max digital clipping with an impedance of 470 ohms and a load impedance of 10k ohms Unbalanced 1 8 stereo mini jack 2VRMS 6dBV max digital clipping with an impedance of 470 ohms and a load impedance of 10k ohms LEFT 1 RIGHT GND JP1 I DB 9 Balanced Out Stereo Mini Headphones M Unbalanced Right C Unbalanced Left AES EBU S PDIF Digital Out d Gn ne Balanced Analog I O Connector ne ne ne m m 7 E framom 9 on Fin f siemme E 5 4 3 2 1 DB 9 Female 9876 7 pin Mini DIN Female ODO O M O 0 AES SPDIF sense This line should be connected to Ground for AES EBU operation and left floating for S PDIF Figure 5 SX 9 Connector Locations AES EBU Digital 7 pin Mini DIN jack Professiona
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